NEWS
June 1, 2013
Ethiopians in the UK rededicated themselves to supporting the construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) at the 22nd anniversary of May 28 when the Dergue regime fell and new vistas for Ethiopia’s Renaissance opened up.
Members of the Diaspora pledged more rigorous support of the national economic transformation that is transforming living conditions through the implementation of pro-poor economic policies and strategies.
May 17, 2013
Africa has struck gold this year with the 50th anniversary of the birth of the Organization of African Unity/AU being observed across the continent and beyond under the theme “The Year of Pan-Africanism, the African Renaissance.”
The 50th anniversary and Africa Day were colourfully celebrated on the 17th May, 2013 at the Langham Hotel here in London.
May 13, 2013
Ethiopian Foreign Minister and Chairperson of the Executive Council of the African Union, Dr. Tedros Adhanom told participants at the Africa Jubilee Business Forum that Africa of today is not the Africa of yester years.
The continent is “slowly but surely, shedding off the stereotype images of being a continent of famines, droughts, conflicts, utter poverty and dictatorships, that portray Africa to be a lost case in many peoples’ imagination,” he said.
Dr. Tedros Meets with UK Minister for Africa
May 13, 2013
Ethiopian Minister of Foreign Affairs, H.E. Dr. Tedros Adhanom, met and held talks with the UK Minister for Africa, Mr. Mark Simmonds MP.
Dr. Tedros briefed the Minister on the situation in Somalia, Sudan and the sub-region as well as the outcomes of the recent IGAD summit and Ministerial meeting.
May 13, 2013
Ethiopian Foreign Minister and Chairman of the African Union Executive Council, H.E. Dr. Tedros Adhanom, told a Chatham House platform that Africa, which was once the marginalised continent, has now emerged, as some put it, "the new Eldorado", at a time when much of the developing world is suffering from the economic slump, thus rekindling a great sense of hope and optimism.
Africa’s profile on the world stage has been raised and it is no exaggeration to state that Africa has now become a force to be reckoned with.
May 12, 2013 - LONDON
Ethiopian Foreign Minister, H.E. Dr. Tedros Adhanom, met with members of the Ethiopian Diaspora in the UK where he discussed timely and relevant issues focusing on the GTP and highlighting gains made in investment, trade and infrastructure development that are paying dividends to Ethiopians at all levels.
Dr. Tedros was in London for a two-day official visit.
LONDON, 7 MAY 2013
The Somalia Conference took place at Lancaster House on 7 May 2013, co-hosted by the UK and Somalia, and attended by fifty-four friends and partners of Somalia.
The final communique can be found on the following link.
PRESS RELEASE
April 30, 2013 - LONDON
Tributes were paid to Ethiopia’s exceptional leader, Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, for his outstanding contribution to the renaissance of both Ethiopia and Africa during his tenure which spanned two decades.
The late Premier died in August last year and his funeral took place at Trinity Cathedral in Addis Ababa in the presence of tens of thousands of mourners including world leaders.
THE FULL VIDEO CAN BE WATCHED ON THE FOLLOWING LINK.
April, 2013
The Meles Foundation, established in honour of Ethiopia’s late Prime Minister, Meles Zenawi, was inaugurated on 6th April at the African Union in the presence of high-level dignitaries including Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn and former First Lady Azeb Mesfin.
The Meles Foundation will serve as a memorial centre to the late PM’s great contribution towards peace, socio-economic development and his lead role in climate change negotiations and environmental protection.
February 18, 2013
Members of TDA-UK and supporters of the Tigray People Liberation Front in the United Kingdom celebrated on Saturday (16th Feb) the 38th anniversary of the movement, which toppled the military Junta and replaced it with a democratic order, which tens of thousands of martyrs paid for with their lives.
January 31, 2013
Ethiopian Deputy Prime Minister, H.E. Ato Demeke Mekonnen, met and held talks with former British Prime Minister, The Rt. Honourable Gordon Brown, in his office at the House of Commons. Mr. Brown is also the United Nations Special Envoy for Global Education.
The Deputy Premier, who is also Minister for Education, was in London as the head of a high-level delegation attending the Education World Forum, convened to dwell at length on policy making for quantity, quality and impact.
January 27, 2013
Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Hailemariam was elected Chairman of the African Union in a ceremony held at the opening session of the 20th Assembly of the African Union Heads of State and Government held on Sunday, January 27, taking over from Dr. Boni Yayi, the President of the Republic of Benin.
In his acceptance speech Prime Minister Hailmariam thanked the outgoing chairman for his outstanding leadership during his tenure of office and vowed to do his best as Chairman of the AU. He also thanked the August Assembly for paying tribute to the late Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles, and NEPAD Heads of State and Government Orientation Committee (HSGOC) for endorsing the proposal made by the NEPAD Agency to establish the Meles Zenawi Centre for Sustainable Development in recognition of the late prime minister’s immense contributions to the African Union and to the cause of Africa.
The Prime Minister’s full speech can be found on the following link.
January 16, 2013
Dear Editor,
Your article on DFID’s support for Ethiopia’s development is very misleading. (UK tenders to train Ethiopian paramilitaries accused of abuses, online on January 10, 2013, in the print edition on January 11, 2013)
Blanket condemnation of the federal and regional government efforts to protect civilians of Ethiopia’s Somali region from atrocities committed by ONLF terrorists is unfair. The difficult job they do in a region which borders Somalia, where al-Shabaab and international groups were freely operating hand-in-glove until recently, should be given due recognition.
January 14, 2013
Minister for Foreign Affairs, H.E. Dr. Tedros Adhanom called on the Ethiopian Diaspora to stand in unison to promote national interest irrespective of political persuasions. While celebrating diversity that glorifies Ethiopia as a melting pot of cultures and history of nations and nationalities, he underlined the need for resilience and sense of unity in safeguarding and promoting Ethiopia’s national interest to bequeath a prosperous and viable Ethiopia to posterity.
PRESS RELEASE
January 10, 2013
Ethiopia’s new Foreign Minister, H.E. Dr. Tedros Adhanom, met with UK officials earlier today on his first working visit to the UK in his new post. The Minister met with Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, the Rt. Hon William Hague, the Secretary of State for International Development (DFID), the Rt. Hon. Justine Greening and UK Africa Minister, the Rt. Hon. Mark Simmonds and other FCO officials for discussions on both bilateral and regional issues.
The Privatisation & Public Enterprises Supervising Agency (PPESA) invites capable domestic/foreign/private/public companies to express their interest to develop Ethiopian Mineral Development Share Company (EMDSC) by concluding joint venture contracts with the Agency.
Deadline: January 30, 2013
December 17, 2012 - ADDIS ABABA
H.E. Dr. Tedros Adhanom, Ethiopia’s Foreign Minister, held discussions with Espen Barth Eide, Norway’s Foreign Minister, where the two sides discussed on various regional and domestic matters.
The Norwegian Minister reaffirmed Norway’s readiness to continue with its holistic support to Ethiopia. He expressed his government’s appreciation of the rapid and equitable economic development of Ethiopia over the past decade, noting that “Ethiopia is one among few countries receiving significant Norwegian development assistance”.
December 17, 2012 - ADDIS ABABA
Newly appointed Foreign Minister, Dr. Tedros Adhanom, welcomed a delegation from the United Nations led by Mr. Michel Sidibé, Under Secretary-General and Executive Director of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS).
Mr. Sidibé, congratulated the Minister on his new position before offering condolences on the untimely passing of the late Prime Minister, Meles Zenawi. He also took the opportunity to highlight the tremendous progress Ethiopia has made in reducing HIV/AIDS infection rates by 90%, compared to a continental average of 50%.
December 3, 2012
Ethiopians from all walks of life celebrated the 7th Nations, Nationalities and People’s Day in London on 2nd December 2012 in the presence of H.E. Shiferaw Shigute, President of the Southern Nations, Nationalities and People’s State (SNNPS).
Organized in collaboration with the London-based Ethiopian National Consensus Forum, the event brought together Ethiopians and foreign nationals of Ethiopian origin, irrespective of creed and political orientation, with a single focus on economic growth and Ethiopia’s Renaissance.
November 24, 2012
Bright Entertainment Network Television (BEN TV) conferred the late Prime Minister Meles Zenawi with a posthumuos award of THE ORDER OF KILIMANJARO - the highest honour to be bestowed on anyone by indigenous Africans resident in the UK – at a grand event held at the Holiday Inn Hotel in Bloomsbury on 23rd November.
The award, a tribute to the outstanding and life-long commitment of the great leader to the development of his nation and that of the African continent, praises Meles as “The True Son of Africa”.
November 8, 2012
Jazz musician, Mulatu Astatke, a leading Ethiopian composer since the 1960s, gave a presentation to an audience of 500 at the Royal Geographical Society (RGS) in London, on “Ethiopia’s Contribution to World Music”.
November 5, 2012
Invited guests and scholars were thrilled to learn more about the unique record of human evolution in Ethiopia at a presentation on Monday 5th November at the Natural History Museum in London.
Visiting Palaeontologist Dr Berhane Asfaw gave a lecture on a record of human ancestry spanning the last six million years.
Meet the Ancestors: Ethiopia's Treasures Revealed
5 November 2012, 14:30 - 15:00
Africa's Great Rift Valley has entombed a record of human ancestry spanning the last six million years. We are joined by visiting Ethiopian palaeontologist Berhane Asfaw as he discusses this unique record of human evolution and recent discoveries from the region. Dr Asfaw will bring along a cast of Ardi, the most complete skeleton of Ardipithecus ramidus one of the earliest known species on the human family tree. Ardi lived in the Great Rift Valley 4.4 million years ago and has only been on display in the UK once before.
November 1, 2012
His Excellency Ambassador Berhanu Kebede welcomed MPs, Peers and Ethiopian community leaders and business people from both the UK and Ethiopia to a dinner at the Ethiopian Embassy last night [31st October]. The dinner was jointly hosted by the Ambassador and Laurence Robertson MP, the chairman of the Ethiopia All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG).
October 31, 2012
On 30th October, participants at the Royal Society Pfizer African Academies workshop - which is taking place from 30th October until 1st November - were hosted at the Ethiopian Embassy in a reception organized by the Royal Society.
October 1, 2012
Forty days after the demise of Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, members and supporters of Tigray Development Association (TDA) in Greater London seized the opportunity at the Premier’s “40th Day Requiem Mass” (Ye Arba Ken Metasebia) to purchase bonds worth £46,110 and made pledges for an additional £22,650 for the construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). This is following national mourning where millions of Ethiopians vowed to realise the late PM’s vision.
September 28, 2012
Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn addressed the 67th UN General Assembly at the UN headquarters in New York where he gave his maiden speech as Ethiopia's newly elected Prime Minister.
September 21, 2012
H.E. Hailemariam Desalegn, elected as chairperson the Ethiopian Peoples’ Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF), was sworn in as the new Prime Minister of Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia on September 21st at an extraordinary parliamentary session.
Mr Hailemariam has been Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs since 2010 and has also held various positions in federal and regional government.
Former Education Minister, Mr Demeke Mekonen, elected as deputy chairperson of the EPRDF, is now the Deputy Prime Minister, taking over the post from Ato Hailemariam.
His full speech is available on the following link.
September 16, 2012
H.E. Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, Somalia’s new president, was inaugurated on September 16th in Mogadishu, following elections held a week earlier.
He was inaugurated in the presence of regional leaders, including Ethiopia’s Acting Prime Minister, H.E. Hailemariam Desaglegn, President Ismail Omar Guelleh of Djibouti and representatives of other countries, including Turkey’s Deputy Prime Minister.
Click Here for H.E. Hailemariam’s speech.
September 3, 2012
Over a thousand Ethiopians and friends of Ethiopia honoured and paid their last respects to the late Prime Minister Meles Zenawi in London as his funeral was taking place in Addis Ababa on 2nd September, in the presence of Heads of State and Government, delegations of various countries and grief stricken Ethiopians across the country.
August 25, 2012
Members of the Ethiopian Diaspora community residing in the UK paid tribute to the paramount Leader Prime Minister Meles Zenawi at a condolence book signing ceremony at the Ethiopian Embassy in London.
Prime Minister Meles Zenawi who has led Ethiopia for the last 21 years with great wisdom and far sightedness passed away on August 20 at the hospital where he was under medical treatment.
H.E. Prime Minister Meles Zenawi
1955 – 2012
The Embassy of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia in London, with deep sorrow, regrets to inform the Ethiopian Diaspora of the tragic death of H.E. Ato Meles Zenawi, Prime Minister of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, on Monday 20th August 2012.
Prime Minister Meles Zenawi was a visionary leader who dedicated his entire life to the people of Ethiopia. As the head of the executive for the past 21 years, Prime Minister Meles was not only a leader who led his country into a new chapter of development, peace, and democracy but a person who will always be remembered as a champion of the cause of Africa in international fora.
The Embassy of Ethiopia offers its deepest condolences to the family and friends of Prime Minister Meles and to the Peoples of Ethiopia.
Please send your message of condolence via email to info@ethioembassy.org.uk.
the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
August 21, 2012
Honorable Peoples and Friends of Ethiopia;
The Council of Ministers of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, with deep sorrow and grief, regrets to inform the Peoples of Ethiopia that, Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, who has led our country for the last 21 years with great wisdom and far-sightedness, passed away on August 20th at 11:40 pm at the hospital where he was under medical treatment.
August 17,2012
It is with the deepest of regrets that the Embassy of Ethiopia has learnt of the untimely death of Ethiopia’s fifth Patriarch, His Holiness Abune Paulos I.
He indeed was a man of peace and reconciliation who played an active part in the social and economic development of Ethiopia.
We therefore express our deepest condolences to his family and friends and to the fellowship of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewedho Church.
May He rest in Eternal Peace.
August 15, 2012 - LONDON - Ethiopian Olympic medallists and other athletes were given a hero’s welcome at a gala hosted in their honour at Porchester Hall in London’s Bayswater.
Accompanied by the award-winning musical troupe, Dankira, upon arrival, they were presented by HE Ambassador Berhanu Kebede with bouquets of flower and led to their seats waving to standing dignitaries and invited guests in the hall which was packed to capacity.
More photos can be found on the following link.
August 13, 2012 - LONDON - Ethiopians from different walks of life celebrated a Cultural Day in the wake of brilliant wins for the Ethiopian team in the London 2012 Olympics.
Families started to converge at the London Ethiopian Embassy in what came to be a huge wave of support for Team Ethiopia, with the national tricolour flying high to the delight of the over one thousand spectators.
August 6, 2012 - LONDON - An Ethiopian Culinary Competition came to a climax with style on Friday 3rd August as celebrity chef, Levi Roots and Ethiopian chefs from London’s five star hotels, Alemayehu Seyoum and Kahsaye Yehdego, declared Mrs Genet Gebre Mariam winner of the Grand Ethiopian Traditional Cuisine Contest 2012, in the presence of invited guests that included members of Ethiopia’s Olympic Delegation to London 2012. Mrs Rahel Negasi and her assistant Mrs Yalem Bayu came second while Mrs Mulu Tesfaye clinched third place.
PHOTOS
July 31, 2012 - LONDON - Ethiopians in London and its environs accorded a warm welcome on Wednesday (30th July) to the majority of Team Ethiopia upon its arrival at Heathrow on board the National Carrier, ETHIOPIAN.
PRESS RELEASE
Release: Immediate
July 30, 2012 - LONDON - The majority of Ethiopia’s London 2012 team will be arriving at Heathrow terminal 3 today at 6pm on national carrier Ethiopian Airlines.
The delegation will include the current Olympic gold medal winner in the 5,000m and 10,000m Tirunesh Dibaba, who won the medals in Beijing.
PRESS RELEASE
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July 10, 2012 - LONDON - Ethiopia’s Health Minister, Dr Tewodros Adhanom, will speak at the London Summit on Family Planning that will take place on Wednesday, 11th July.
The Minister will outline Ethiopia’s health strategy and ambitious health programme which is much admired by the international community.
PRESS RELEASE
July 9, 2012 - LONDON - Close to one hundred primary school children from various primary schools in Britain today converged at the Embassy of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia to express their support to Team Ethiopia at London 2012.
PRESS RELEASE
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July 5, 2012 - LONDON - The Embassy of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia in London has today launched a six-week promotion of Ethiopia for the London Olympic Games by presenting vast displays of freshly-cut Ethiopian roses* to the Queen in her Jubilee year, to high-ranking British politicians and to heads of international organisations headquartered in London.
May 10, 2012
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Monday, April 23, 2012
A proposal to twin Bath with a city in Ethiopia has been discussed by councillors.
The Ethiopian ambassador Berhanu Kebede visited the city this week to meet the Mayor of Bath and discuss the possibility of a twinning arrangement with the city of Hawassa.
He was taken to Fairfield House, in Newbridge, which was the home of Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie during an exile in the UK between 1936 and 1941. It is this historic link which is the driving force behind the proposal to secure a formal bond between Bath and the African city.
It is with a great sense of sorrow that the Embassy of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia has learnt of the death of Ethiopia’s leading artist, the Most Honourable Maitre Artiste World Laureate, Afewerk Tekle. He died at the age of 80 on Tuesday April 10, 2012.
May He Rest in Eternal Peace.
April 4, 2012 – LONDON - A cross-section of Ethiopians from all over United Kingdom converged at the Ethiopian Embassy in London to hear H.E. Ato Mekuria Haile, Minister of Urban Development and Construction, explain the salient features and provisions of the new Urban Land Lease Holding Act.
March 21, 2012 - LONDON - Over 200 guests enjoyed the warm hospitality of the Ethiopian Embassy at a reception hosted by the Rt. Hon. Laurence Robertson MP, Chairman of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Ethiopia at the House of Commons on Tuesday, 20th March 2012.
PRESS RELEASE
March 21, 2012 - Addis Ababa - Eritrea’s destabilization activities throughout the Horn of Africa sub-Region have long been condemned by the international community. Accordingly, the United Nations Security Council has already passed a series of Resolutions imposing sanctions on the regime. However, the regime has so far refused to heed the call of the international community to desist from supporting extremist elements in the region. Instead, the regime has made it a habit to portray itself as a victim when, in fact, it is the arch-culprit in this dangerous game of destabilization.
The University of Nottingham’s links with Ethiopia have been strengthened by a high-level visit from the African country.
His Excellency Berhanu Kebede, Ambassador of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, led a delegation to the University to sign two new agreements on teaching and research.
near Ethio-Eritrean Border
PRESS RELEASE
March 15, 2012 - Addis Ababa - Early this morning the Ethiopian Defense forces attacked military targets 18kms inside Eritrea where the Eritrean government trained, armed and deployed hit and run terrorist and subversive groups, including one which recently attacked, killed and abducted European tourists in the Afar region of Ethiopia. Our military units have safely returned to camp after successfully carrying out this proportional military measure intended to safeguard Ethiopia's security along its border with Eritrea.
buy bonds worth 7.18 million Birr
March 14, 2012 - LONDON - Members of the Ethiopian Somali Community in the UK have raised £183,850 (5.1million birr) in cash by buying Renaissance Dam bonds and have pledged a further £75,000 (2.08 million birr) bringing the total to 7.18 million birr. They did so at a meeting on 4th March, held in the presence of a high-level Government delegation led by H.E. Abdi Mohammud Omer, President of the Somali Regional State.
Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Ethiopia’s Minister of Health has been honoured by the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine as one of its most distinguished former students.
Dr. Tedros was awarded an Honorary Fellowship – the School’s most prestigious honour - during the annual graduation ceremony on 10th March 2012. He was praised for his outstanding career including important contributions as a malariologist and public health leader.
Responsibility stills falls squarely on the shoulders of the government of Eritrea
ADDIS ABABA - 8 March 2012
The government of Ethiopia is delighted that the efforts of the Afar elders to negotiate the release of the two German tourists kidnapped by an Eritrea organized terrorist group on January 16th have been successful. The two were kidnapped when a group of 27 tourists travelling in the Afar Regional State were attacked by gunmen. It was an act of open terrorism resulting in the death of five people with others injured and kidnapped. Those killed were two Germans, two Hungarians and an Austrian. The injured tourists included people from Italy, Belgium and the UK. Two Germans and two Ethiopians were kidnapped.
at the Ethiopian Embassy
LONDON, 28 February 2012
The Embassy of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia in London was the scene for the celebration of the March 2012 issue of Gibbon’s Stamp Monthly, published by the oldest and renowned stamp firm Stanley Gibbons, which carried a 6-page fully illustrated article on Ethiopia’s postal service and postage stamps, the first of two articles.
ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA, JANUARY 27, 2012
The IGAD Assembly of Heads of State and Government held its 20th Extra-Ordinary Summit Meeting in Addis Ababa on 27th January 2012 under the Chairmanship of H.E. Meles Zenawi, Prime Minister of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia and Chairperson of the IGAD Assembly.
ADDIS ABABA, 17 January 2012
On Monday, 16 January 2012, a group of 27 tourists travelling in the Afar Regional State were attacked by gunmen. It was an act of open terrorism resulting in the death of five people with others injured and kidnapped. Those killed were two Germans, two Hungarians and an Austrian. The injured included one Hungarian, one Belgian and one British. Two Germans and two Ethiopians were also kidnapped.
ADDIS ABABA, 17 January 2012 - Ethiopian Airlines strongly refutes the final investigation report released today by the Lebanese Ministry of Public Works and Transport on the accident of ET 409 / 25 January 2010.
The Airline maintained that the Lebanese Government had been speculating the cause of the accident as pilot error right from the day of the accident contrary to the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Annex 13.
